EpiContactTrace: An R-package for contact tracing during livestock disease outbreaks and for risk-based surveillance

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Nöremark, Maria ^a   Widgren, Stefan ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cattle transport; Control strategies; Decision support systems; Epidemics; Eradication programs; GIS; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84897437346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-71     Document Type: Article

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